The Artist in His Museum | |
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Artist | Charles Willson Peale |
Year | 1822 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 262.9 cm × 203.2 cm (103.5 in × 80 in) |
Location | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia |
The Artist in His Museum is an 1822 self-portrait by the American painter Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827). It depicts the 81-year-old artist posed in Peale's Museum, then occupying the second floor of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] The nearly life-size painting is in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.